Topeka Capital-Journal
September 1960

(Charles Howes, who does some airplane driving and frequently has Dick Snider aboard, is today’s guest writer, discussing eccentricities of his peculiar passenger.)

By Charles Howes

I’ve wondered since Snider’s departure if he endeavored to have the pilot of his overseas jet route the flight from New York to Copenhagen via Oklahoma.

It isn’t a fantastic idea, in as much as I have precedent on which to draw. Every trip that we have made together was planned by Snider, and it was routed across that state to the south.

Of course, no one should be castigated for favoring his birthplace, but the extremes to which he goes have caused his fellow travelers to adopt countermeasures. Continue reading →